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Ord, Edward Otho Cresap (1818-1883) Revised Regulations for the Army of the United States

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04397 Author/Creator: Ord, Edward Otho Cresap (1818-1883) Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Book signed Date: 1861 Pagination: 1 v. : 559 p. ; 22.3 x 15.6 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Major General Ord on the title page. Published by J.B. Lippincott & Co. at 22 & 24 North Fourth Street in Philadelphia. Published by the authority of the War Department, Simon Cameron Secretary of War. Signed on title page "Major Gen E.O.C. Ord, Comg Cornith, Miss. Do not remove this book from Head Quarters." Divided into 52 chapters on every type of military activity, regulation, and equipment. Some of the chapters deal with: "Military Discipline," Deserters," "Courts-Martial," and "Ordnance Department." Has 3 appendices at the back: "Articles of War," "Extracts from Acts of Congress," and "Army Pay Table." Contains charts and graphs throughout. Pencil marks and notes throughout as well. Index on pages 527-559. Inside back cover has news paper article titled "Directory of Thirteenth Army Corps," with a listing of some of that unit's officers. Also on a blank sheet next to the back cover is a faded signature in pencil. It beings with "Capt." and the name is illegible. Inside front cover has a handmade bookplate in the shape of wings with the name "Lieut. George Sheeks a.a.q.m." Front cover has the word or name "Buhler's" on a small piece of paper pasted to it. Blue pebbled cloth cover.

Ord, a graduate of West Point in 1839, received a commission as brigadier general of volunteers on September 14, 1861, and during the first year of the Civil War commanded a brigade assigned to defend the capital. Ord participated in a skirmish with Jeb Stuart's cavalry at Dranesville, Virginia, on December 20, 1861, was promoted to major general of volunteers on May 2, 1862, and was transferred to the western theater of operations. Although he was not even within the sound of the guns at the battle of Iuka, Mississippi, on September 19, 1862, he was given a colonel's brevet in the regular army "for gallant and meritorious service" on the field. He was severely wounded a few days later at Hatchie, Mississippi, and was incapacitated until June 1863, when he returned to the army in time to take part in the siege of Vicksburg as commander of the Thirteenth Corps. After the fall of Vicksburg on July 4, Ord held commands in Louisiana and in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. During the siege of Richmond he commanded first the Eighth Corps and later the Eighteenth Corps. He was again seriously wounded at the storming of Fort Harrison in September 1864 and did not return to his command until January 1865. On March 13, 1865, he was awarded the brevet rank of brigadier general for his role in the battle of Hatchie, Mississippi, and a major general's brevet for his part in the assault on Fort Harrison, Virginia. He was then given command of the Army of the James with responsibility for the Department of North Carolina.

Ord, Edward Otho Cresap, 1818-1883

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